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| LANGLEY CASTLE WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY: A DULL AND GREY DAY WITH A DUSTING OF SNOW GREETED DAWN AT LANGLEY CASTLE BEFORE KATE AND CHRIS' NEW YEAR'S EVEN WEDDING |
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| LANGLEY CASTLE WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY: A BRIDESMAID WATCHES KATE GETTING HER FINAL HAIR AND MAKE-UP COMPLETED - PHOTOGRAPH BY DIRK VAN DER WERFF |
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| LANGLEY CASTLE WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHERS: KATE BEAUTIFUL DRESS WAITS FOR ITS BIG MOMENT! |
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| NICE SHOES ANYONE? |
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| CHRIS' BEST MAN OFFERS INCREASING SIZES OF POLISH VODKA TO BE ALLOWED INTO THE CASTLE IN AN ANCIENT CEREMONY |
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| THE COLLECTION OF VODKA GETS BIGGER AND BIGGER! |
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| SMILES ALL ROUND AS CHRIS GREET KATE AS SHE WALKS DOWN THE AISLE |
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| A LOVELY PORTRAIT AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE ON NEW YEAR'S EVE |
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| A GROUP SHOT FROM THE THIRD FLOOR OF THE CASTLE ... NEARLY KILLED ME RUNNING UP THERE! |
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| MY FAVOURITE PORTRAIT OF THE DAY IN THE SNOW AT LANGLEY CASTLE - PHOTOGRAPH BY DIRK VAN DER WERFF |
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| WELLIES ARE THE ORDER OF THE DAY AS THE SNOW GETS THICKER! |
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| SO IN LOVE ... KATE AND CHRIS ENJOY THE LIMELIGHT AT LANGLEY CASTLE DURING THEIR NEW YEAR'S EVE WEDDING ... PHOTOGRAPH BY DIRK VAN DER WERFF WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY |
And so it finally came to pass ..... on one of the snowiest days of the year and at the beginning of the longest period of snow and ice and low temperatures for 30 years in the UK!
Getting to Langley was a bit hairy to say the least, and I was up most of the previous night hoping that I would not break my record in never missing a wedding in 25 years!
I arrived about 4 hours before the ceremony - just to make sure, and met with Kate as she wandered around this magnificent castle wedding venue in her towelling dressing gown meeting and greeting her early arrivals - she was pretty chilled out and looking forward to her BIG celebration!
I arrived about 4 hours before the ceremony - just to make sure, and met with Kate as she wandered around this magnificent castle wedding venue in her towelling dressing gown meeting and greeting her early arrivals - she was pretty chilled out and looking forward to her BIG celebration!
Arriving so early gave me a chance to put on my walking boots and suit which seems to have become my December wedding outfit with all the December snow we have been having in recent years. I took some lovely photographs of Langley Castle in the snow before heading up to the bridal suite that I now know so well as Kate started to get ready.
You need to be fit at Langley Castle as a wedding photographer as there's five floors and no lift (well, there is a service lift) - it's a REAL castle, not a pretend one like many others!
Chris arrived about 12.15 through the snow from his parents home in Langley Castle and was met at the door of the castle where an old polish wedding custom (Chris' side of the family...) of offering the chief bridesmaid varying sizes of vodka bottles to allow him entry to the castle for his own wedding .. there was a lot of to-ing and fro-ing between Chris and the best man and the chief bridesmaid before a 'fee' was worked out!
Final preparations with Chris and the registrar and Anton from Langley Castle kept me busy - and up and down the stairs - alongside Kate's final preparations.
Both were very nervous so I kept in the background as much as possible and before long the ceremony was over and we were straight out in the snow through the front doors of the castle.
Fresh air was welcome as it was VERY warm during the ceremony, but Kate and Chris and I knew there would be only a few minutes before guests would want to be back in the warmth, but this was an ideal opportunity to make an image of everyone - the downside being that I had to 'sprint' four floors back up the castle to the bridal suite to make the photograph we needed!
In the hour afterwards before the wedding breakfast there was time to enjoy a relaxing drink - the guests, not me - and grab a few informal groups around the Christmas tree while listening to the fine harpist - and a quick dash outside for 5 minutes so that Kate could put her wellies on for a few fun snow photos!
The wedding breakfast flew along and soon it was laughter and tears during the fine speeches.
The weather didn't look good at all, so Chris and Kate and I dashed outside in a snow storm for a few minutes for a few last minute images with the floodlit Langley Castle and it was agreed that I should head off while I could for the two hour drive home on the snowy, scary roads and back home to the east coast.
A great day of celebration for both Chris and Kate!
You need to be fit at Langley Castle as a wedding photographer as there's five floors and no lift (well, there is a service lift) - it's a REAL castle, not a pretend one like many others!
Chris arrived about 12.15 through the snow from his parents home in Langley Castle and was met at the door of the castle where an old polish wedding custom (Chris' side of the family...) of offering the chief bridesmaid varying sizes of vodka bottles to allow him entry to the castle for his own wedding .. there was a lot of to-ing and fro-ing between Chris and the best man and the chief bridesmaid before a 'fee' was worked out!
Final preparations with Chris and the registrar and Anton from Langley Castle kept me busy - and up and down the stairs - alongside Kate's final preparations.
Both were very nervous so I kept in the background as much as possible and before long the ceremony was over and we were straight out in the snow through the front doors of the castle.
Fresh air was welcome as it was VERY warm during the ceremony, but Kate and Chris and I knew there would be only a few minutes before guests would want to be back in the warmth, but this was an ideal opportunity to make an image of everyone - the downside being that I had to 'sprint' four floors back up the castle to the bridal suite to make the photograph we needed!
In the hour afterwards before the wedding breakfast there was time to enjoy a relaxing drink - the guests, not me - and grab a few informal groups around the Christmas tree while listening to the fine harpist - and a quick dash outside for 5 minutes so that Kate could put her wellies on for a few fun snow photos!
The wedding breakfast flew along and soon it was laughter and tears during the fine speeches.
The weather didn't look good at all, so Chris and Kate and I dashed outside in a snow storm for a few minutes for a few last minute images with the floodlit Langley Castle and it was agreed that I should head off while I could for the two hour drive home on the snowy, scary roads and back home to the east coast.
A great day of celebration for both Chris and Kate!
If you would like me to be your wedding photographer at Langley Castle, then ring me in the office before 6pm on 01429 423165 or anytime on my mobile on 0778 7150966, and tell me about your plans for the day!
See the review of my wedding photography at Langley Castle from Shelley and Stephen HERE
See the review of my wedding photography at Langley Castle from Shelley and Stephen HERE
DIRK VAN DER WERFF
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